Thursday 30 October 2008
Creative opportunity
Just recently I did some freelance work for a advertising company called EYECORP. This work meant that I had to film there advertisements in and around Manchester airport. They wanted me to produce a 3 minute and 1 minute video showing people interacting with the advertisements. I had to film and edit the whole sequence and make it interesting enough for there sales personnel to use in there presentation pitches to perspective clients. I really enjoyed taking a project on my own and only relying on myself to get the end product I really enjoyed the editing side of the project because it allowed me to be really creative with footage that was really boring to watch if it was unedited.
Friday 24 October 2008
Random Rants
“The Rise of EBay the rise of the Profiteer”
I bet most people have woke up one morning with the building excitement of hoping to buy tickets to see their favourite band from one of the leading internet ticket seller. To find that they have sold out within 10 minutes of going on sale, your heart sinks knowing that this could be the last chance you could see them. Out of curiosity you look on eBay to see if there could be a few at a reasonable price, to your hearts dismay you find that it is flooded with hundreds of tickets of the venue you wanted and the price as almost double.
I have been in this situation a number of times. These day people just tend to buy tickets for a high profile gig not for the love of the music or that they are a fan but for sheer profit. I find this to be disgusting and selfish. The people who have followed a band, bought all their albums and want to experience them live but find that they cant because people have decided to buy more than they need with the intent of sell them on eBay at an extortionate rate.
I do understand that the seller as the right to this because they have bought the ticket and they own it but it just is not fair on the people who would of paid the original price but not the price they want. I also understand that there are fans that would be willing to pay double the price and these are the people they are targeting.
I just feel the rise of Internet bidding sites as allowed the illegal toting system to be legitimised on the these such sites allowing people to charge what they want. I just think there should be some regulation on this.
I bet most people have woke up one morning with the building excitement of hoping to buy tickets to see their favourite band from one of the leading internet ticket seller. To find that they have sold out within 10 minutes of going on sale, your heart sinks knowing that this could be the last chance you could see them. Out of curiosity you look on eBay to see if there could be a few at a reasonable price, to your hearts dismay you find that it is flooded with hundreds of tickets of the venue you wanted and the price as almost double.
I have been in this situation a number of times. These day people just tend to buy tickets for a high profile gig not for the love of the music or that they are a fan but for sheer profit. I find this to be disgusting and selfish. The people who have followed a band, bought all their albums and want to experience them live but find that they cant because people have decided to buy more than they need with the intent of sell them on eBay at an extortionate rate.
I do understand that the seller as the right to this because they have bought the ticket and they own it but it just is not fair on the people who would of paid the original price but not the price they want. I also understand that there are fans that would be willing to pay double the price and these are the people they are targeting.
I just feel the rise of Internet bidding sites as allowed the illegal toting system to be legitimised on the these such sites allowing people to charge what they want. I just think there should be some regulation on this.
Thursday 23 October 2008
Social Networking
“The essential point of networking is human contact. Business has killed networking by making it for the career orientated person”
The original concept of networking was to make human contract with other people whether this was with a neighbor or friends to catch up on the latest gossip. A group of friends is a good example of a network.
I do believe that networking has not been killed by business although now people now see networking as a way to progress their career. Business as driven this trend because most companies give jobs through word of mouth or to people they may already know either personally or through a friend, so this trend as spurred the need to network in the pursuit of career advancement.
I do feel the growing popularity of socially networking sites and the advancement of technology, as taken the original concept of networking and changed it so now that networking can be done over the internet by either through email, instant messaging or though these social networking sites. I personally feel the best way to networking is through personnel contract. Although I have done networking through the internet because of its convenience by giving my C.V to Job networks for perspective employers to view.
Personal experience of this was when I did freelance work over the summer with someone who was a friend of a friends who wanted me to do some filming for them. I think this a good example of networking because the work came from my network of friends. This is a good example but I did for my own career enhancement so then this does show that business as spurred the trend for networking for career advancement because from this I have built a contact within the industry.
I just feel that business has made networking more for the career orientated person but has not killed it because people are always networking in day to day life whether this is meeting new people or just seeing friends for a catch up.
The original concept of networking was to make human contract with other people whether this was with a neighbor or friends to catch up on the latest gossip. A group of friends is a good example of a network.
I do believe that networking has not been killed by business although now people now see networking as a way to progress their career. Business as driven this trend because most companies give jobs through word of mouth or to people they may already know either personally or through a friend, so this trend as spurred the need to network in the pursuit of career advancement.
I do feel the growing popularity of socially networking sites and the advancement of technology, as taken the original concept of networking and changed it so now that networking can be done over the internet by either through email, instant messaging or though these social networking sites. I personally feel the best way to networking is through personnel contract. Although I have done networking through the internet because of its convenience by giving my C.V to Job networks for perspective employers to view.
Personal experience of this was when I did freelance work over the summer with someone who was a friend of a friends who wanted me to do some filming for them. I think this a good example of networking because the work came from my network of friends. This is a good example but I did for my own career enhancement so then this does show that business as spurred the trend for networking for career advancement because from this I have built a contact within the industry.
I just feel that business has made networking more for the career orientated person but has not killed it because people are always networking in day to day life whether this is meeting new people or just seeing friends for a catch up.
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